Everyone Was a Bird

~ Release by Grasscut (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

When closely comparing tracks with the Bandcamp Digital download a few of the CD tracks as slightly shorter. This is just trimming the final few seconds of a sustained note.

Three part gatefold

Credits on cover note the recording location of instruments:
Drums, Viola and Violin recorded by Max Gilkes at 1Sonic, Brighton
Everything else recorded by Andrew at Cloudbase

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Annotation last modified on 2026-01-17 10:05 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Islander
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Islander
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
3:44
2Radar
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
Elisabeth Nygård, Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Radar
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
33:58
3Curlews
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
cello:
Kate Mumford
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Daniel Phillips (violinist) and Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Curlews
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
55:37
4Fallswater
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
cello:
Kate Mumford
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
David Bramwell (British writer, musician, performer and broadcaster), Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Fallswater
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
5:15
5Halflife
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
Adrian Crowley, Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Halflife
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
5:00
6Snowdown
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
bass clarinet:
John Surman (English jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and composer)
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
Elisabeth Nygård, Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Snowdown
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
3:36
7The Field
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
Elisabeth Nygård, Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Field
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
4:22
8Red Kite
recording engineer:
Max Gilkes (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
producer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
mixer:
Max Gilkes and Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
double bass and piano:
Marcus O’Dair
drums (drum set):
Aram Zarikian
instruments:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
viola:
Vince Sipprell
violin:
Emma Smith (violinist)
vocals:
Seamus Fogarty, Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger) and Emma Smith (violinist)
recorded at:
1Sonic (violin, viola, drums (drum set)) and Cloudbase (Hove, Sussex) in Hove, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Red Kite
writer:
Andrew Phillips (Grasscut, Mike Rosenberg Band, Passenger)
56:31

Credits

Release

photography and design:Pedr Browne
mastering:Max Gilkes
manufactured by:Disc Wizards (discwizards.com)
publisher:Just Isn’t Music (primarily a publisher; not a release label)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Lo Recordings (in 2015)
mastered at:1Sonic
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8148639 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00W526UVO [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Radar
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/972971 [info]